In the war-torn Third Reich, two girls find each other amidst confusion of passion and prejudice. Tanneka and Erika live in an unspecified occupied country, and through the fragmentations of that time, they end up at the same school. There, Erika’s fair Aryan looks attract the darker Tanneka. And one night, after curfew, while studying Nazi propaganda, the two girls fall into each others’ arms and find out what love is all about.

 Well, that is until one of them is forced to choose between ideology and love. The result might surprise you.

 I liked the story, even though the themes were exceptionally heavy, even for Bradley. Bradley certainly makes us think. Some of the images in this story aren’t going to leave me for a while.  As is often the case, the themes of prejudice and hate and sheer cruelty of our brethren are difficult to overcome, even at the best of times. I can’t say that I liked some of the underlying messages in this story, but that doesn’t matter.  You see, what Bradley has written here is realistic, even if it isn’t an entirely happy story. Read it. You’ll see what I mean.

Rating: [10,10,10,10]